CVE-2020-13524

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 3, 2020 at 05:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:53 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsmacOSOpenusd

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

An out-of-bounds memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 uses SPECS data from binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access and modification which results in memory corruption. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided malformed file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 10.14.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
20.05Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 , Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-787

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